at abc news, award winning for journalism. and congratulations to pbs, cbs, cnn and nbc. and stephen, thank you. >> thank you very much. much respect to everybody here. this is way harder than i thought. >> it's great to have you this morning. have a great day, everyone. >>> the skies opened up for the rush hour. this is what it looked like an hour ago along york road. the rain and wet roads are creating a real mess out there. loren cook is here with the time saver traffic. loren, have things gotten better on the beltway? >> there is no relief on 695, accidents across the region. 195, an accident along the eastbound lanes at route 16789 more problems on 795, northbound, owings mills boulevard. traveling 695, a new accident on the inner loop 97. delays in parkville, accident on the inner loop, bel air, the outer loop is slow. you are looking at a 20 minute delay from 95, up to 83. now, here is meteorologist, lynette charles. >>> good morning, here we go as we look at maryland's most powerful radar, rain across lots of the areas now. we will zoom in, towson, moderate rain, more in the